Romorantin

The white grape Romorantin has been known since the 16th century on the Loire. In 1519, François I. 80,000 vines from Burgundy import and planting in the department of Loir -et -Cher on his estate in the village of Romorantin. It has therefore been speculated for some time that the variety Romorantin with the Petit Dannezy is identical. The variety is almost entirely disappeared, as it is very susceptible to the raw rot. They therefore provides only very fluctuating yields.

The variety is now grown only in small amounts on the Loire. For wines from Romorantin own appellation Cour -Cheverny was created within the Appellation Cheverny in 1993. Here, the currently only stocks of France are of 90 hectares of vineyards.

See also the article viticulture in France and the list of grape varieties.

Origin

Due to genetic investigations in 1999 of 352 varieties that varieties Aligoté, Aubin Vert, Auxerrois, Bachet noir, Beaunoir, Chardonnay, Dameron, Franc Noir de la Haute Saône, Gamay Blanc Gloriod, Gamay, Knipperlé, Melon de Bourgogne turned out, Peurion, Romorantin, Roublot and Sacy all originated from spontaneous crosses between Pinot Blanc and Gouais. Since the genetic differences between Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir are extremely low, there is a precise specification of the Pinot - type not yet available.

The success of these spontaneous crossing is explained that the two parent varieties are fundamentally different, genetically speaking. While the varieties of Pinot family believed to originate from Burgundy, the Gouais Blanc was brought by the Romans to France. In the Rebgärten of Burgundy and the southern Champagne both varieties were for some centuries in the Joint sentence.

Ethnicity: Pinot Blanc x Gouais.

Synonyms

The grape Romorantin is also under the name Blanc de Villefranche, Bury, Dameri, Daneri, Danesy, Dannery, Framboise (French: raspberry), Gros Blanc de Ville- Franche, Gros Plant, Gros Plant de Villefranche, Lyonnaise Blanche, Maclon, Dannezy Petit, Petit Mâcon, Plant de Brézé, Raisin de Grave, Ramorantin, Romoranten and Romorantin blanc known.